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Showing Original Post only (View all)AHA! Why privacy is important. I finally got it. [View all]
Almost everyone has a cellphone with a camera. There's a good chance that wherever you go you're on screen. Why is that different than the invasion from the NSA, I was asking? I don't really have a problem with being on someone's cellphone camera.
Then I realized the difference. It's pretty obvious, but it seems to have gone under the radar.
The reason why privacy from our government is important is because they have power. The person on the street taking photos with their phone does not have the potential to ruin my life. The government is susceptible to abusing the power they have, and that is the reason why there is a FISA court in the first place.
It's not about just privacy. There is more to the picture. It's about privacy from a potential monster.